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groundloop

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3. I'm trying to figure out what to tell people when I'm traveling when they ask where I'm from.

Reply to luv2fly (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 09:41 AM

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It's hard to believe how fast this country has gone to hell. It wasn't that long ago that I was proud to be an American, we had finally started to turn the corner on racism (or so I thought) and elected a highly qualified black man as President. That's all gone to hell.

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